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Eighty years ago today a group of young pilots and their crews began a series of daring raids which saved a starving nation.
Operation Manna took place towards the end of the Second World War when the Allied forces stepped in to air-drop food to the people of Holland.
Jack Lyon was shot down in a raid on Dusseldorf in June 1941 and spent almost four years as a PoW. Marched west by his German captors from Stalag Luft III as the war drew to an end, Jack finally returned home on VE Day.
As the nation prepares to mark 80 years since VE Day, RAF veteran Nobby Hill told us what it was like as a teenager in an interview from 2021.
On Sunday 27 April, fundraiser and RAF Reservist Bronwyn Harding took part in the London Marathon to raise money for the RAF Benevolent Fund.
To mark National Gardening Week (28 April - 4 May), we spoke with personnel from RAF Leeming to find out how grants from the Fund towards polytunnels and a new outdoor wellbeing area have benefitted them.
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To mark 80 years on since VE Day, we take a look at some of the remarkable operations RAF personnel undertook in the lead up and following VE Day.Operation Exodus
For RAF widow Helen, the RAF Benevolent Fund became a lifeline when her husband’s health deteriorated. Thanks to the support of the Fund’s welfare team in Scotland, Helen was able to care for her husband with less worry.
Following the announcement of the closure of the Officers’ Association Benevolent Fund (OABF), the RAF Benevolent Fund (RAFBF) will take responsibility for all OABF Royal Air Force beneficiaries.